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1960s

Year Main Topics
1969 12 Toray Thiokol Co., Ltd., established by way of a joint venture with Thiokol Chemical Corp. of U.S.
1968 9 Full-scale production and marketing of Toraypef* polyolefin foam began.
1966 12 Toray Silicone Co., Ltd., (present Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd.) established.
3 Production and marketing of Promilan* nylon 66 began.
1965 12 Toray New York, Inc., (present Toray Industries (America), Inc.) established.
1964 10 Production and marketing of Sillook* polyester filament yarn, a natural silk substitute began.
6 Toyo Products Co., Ltd. (present Du Pont-Toray Co., Ltd.) established as a result of equal investment by Toyo Rayon and Du Pont.
6 Toyo Rayon stock listed on London Stock exchange.
3 Commercial production of Toraylon* acrylic fiber began.
2 Production and marketing of Toyolac* ABS resin began.
1963 12 Toray Nylon Thai Co., Ltd. (TNT) established.
7 Production of Torayfan* polypropylene film began.
5 Production of rayon filament yarns phased out.
3 Thai Toray Textile Mills Public Co., Ltd., (TTTM) established.
1962 9 Basic Research Laboratories (at Kamakura) established.
1960 8 Toyo Construction Co., Ltd. (present Toray Engineering Co., Ltd.) established.
6 Toyo Rayon Science Foundation (present Toray Science Foundation) established.
3 Okazaki plant completed and began manufacturing nylon yarns.

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